Leading the Rebound

Leading the Rebound is a must-read for every leader preparing to restart in-person teaching and learning. The 20+ must-dos create a practical road map that empowers leaders with the insight and confidence needed to focus on implementing the essential recommendations: Acceleration of student learning through instructional excellence, social and emotional needs of students and staff, leveraging strengths from distance learning, are just a few! This will be a welcome and game-changing resource to guide leaders in the challenging next steps of our new instructional normal. -- Melissa Dutra * Santa Maria-Bonita School District, CA *
Given the turbulent nature of our times, we are facing a nexus in public education. We need to re-establish our schools’ culture that will direct knowledge into wisdom, transform fear into hope and lift isolationism into compassionate engagement. It is more urgent than ever for leaders to be bold and courageous to take back the spirit of public education. Leading the Rebound will offer the reader crucial strategies to embark on this critical journey. -- Francisco Escobedo * Chula Vista Elementary School District, CA *
Leading the Rebound has tackled the most complex and difficult aspects of K–12 education during this unsettling time. This is an authentic and powerful call to action that inspires educators to do all that is necessary to create a school environment in which both students and adults thrive. Ultimately, we are shaping individual futures, and for that reason alone, this resource should be on every educator’s bookshelf. -- Leticia Hernandez * National School District, CA *
It is time to stop saying we changed something in education because of COVID and start saying we changed this because COVID gave us the opportunity to rethink education. Leading the Rebound: 20+ Must-Dos to Restart Teaching and Learning is the perfect book to help districts and schools move forward from the pandemic. The book offers support and guidance on all aspects of the education process, including social and emotional learning; curriculum, instruction, and assessment; classroom management; teacher evaluation and feedback; and parent–teacher–student relationships. Instructional Leadership Teams can utilize this book as a reference to help them identify where their gaps are, consider the reality, the recommendations, redefine and redirect, and agree to commitments. I could not put this down. Books from Fisher and Frey never disappoint and this is no different. -- Michelle Fitzgerald * Kansas City Public Schools, KS *